Deciduous tree to 15 m tall. Leaves mostly 5-10 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, rounded, pointed, with bristly teeth, hairless, brownish red in autumn. Young shoots hairless. Leaf stalk 3-6 cm long. Flowers white, about 3 cm wide, in groups of 3-9, profuse in spring. Fruits yellowish to greenish brown, 3-5 cm wide, with a short stalk and small brown spots, inedible; ripening in autumn and winter.

Grown for the attractive flowers and autumn foliage.

NE Asia.

Calyx persistent on the fruit; leaf teeth strongly pointed to bristled, cf. P. calleryana.

ACT: Canberra (by city theatre). VIC: Dandenongs (Hamer Arboretum, ptd 1977). NSW: Albury (Bot. Gds). TAS: Hobart (Tasmanian Royal Bot. Gds). SA: Adelaide (Bot. Gds, N Terrace; Osmond Garden, cnr Glen Osmond Rd and S Terrace).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.